The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Volume 15, Part 1Thomas Maiden, 1814 - Architecture |
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... perhaps justly as- serted by Drayton to have been the largest of the British forests , as it extended from the banks of the Avon to the Trent on the north , and to the Severn on the west on the east the tract so termed was bounded by an ...
... perhaps justly as- serted by Drayton to have been the largest of the British forests , as it extended from the banks of the Avon to the Trent on the north , and to the Severn on the west on the east the tract so termed was bounded by an ...
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... perhaps less desirable than that of any other divi- sion of the county . A moorish white and yellow clay , on clay and marl ; and a dry sandy loam , almost equally meagre and unkind , are too frequently found . Large spots , however ...
... perhaps less desirable than that of any other divi- sion of the county . A moorish white and yellow clay , on clay and marl ; and a dry sandy loam , almost equally meagre and unkind , are too frequently found . Large spots , however ...
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... perhaps , the appearance is merely occasioned by some particularity in the formation of the flood - gates . The Avon was made navigable for vessels of about forty tons burthen , from Stratford to its conflux with the Severn at Tewksbury ...
... perhaps , the appearance is merely occasioned by some particularity in the formation of the flood - gates . The Avon was made navigable for vessels of about forty tons burthen , from Stratford to its conflux with the Severn at Tewksbury ...
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... perhaps was anciently called Regnild from that people . The Icknield Street , properly so called , is supposed by some writers to commence in its main line at Yarmouth , and to pass through Suf folk and the counties of Cambridge ...
... perhaps was anciently called Regnild from that people . The Icknield Street , properly so called , is supposed by some writers to commence in its main line at Yarmouth , and to pass through Suf folk and the counties of Cambridge ...
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... perhaps the most an- cient in appearance . The great Gate - House raised by the Earl is in better preservation . The entrance was formerly through an arched way , now walled in ; and the building is at present occupied by a farmer . In ...
... perhaps the most an- cient in appearance . The great Gate - House raised by the Earl is in better preservation . The entrance was formerly through an arched way , now walled in ; and the building is at present occupied by a farmer . In ...
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